Full-circle: Drake Maye’s back at another Levi’s Stadium Super Bowl, this time as a player

SANTA CLARA — Ten years ago, Drake Maye was just another wide-eyed fan in a sea of Carolina teal.

Maye soaked in Super Bowl 50 from the stands at Levi’s Stadium, watching his hometown Carolina Panthers duel with the Peyton Manning-led Denver Broncos.

On Sunday, he’ll walk into the same stadium not as a spectator but as the quarterback tasked with leading the New England Patriots onto the sport’s grandest stage for Super Bowl 60.

As a teenager, Maye watched the Panthers chase a title...